Ventricular-Assist Devices and Kidney Disease

This text serves as a convenient one-stop resource on the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of kidney diseases in context of advanced heart failure and presence of ventricular assist devices. Advances in managing heart failure, evidence-based practices and therapies are covered, along with the management of this unique and complex subset of patients. The book also provides insights into combined heart and kidney transplantation. Authored by leaders in nephrology, cardiology and transplantation, this book fills a critical knowledge gap in understanding and treating patients with acute or chronic dysfunction of the heart and kidneys and how one induces dysfunction in the other organ.

• Left Ventricular Assist Device LVAD
• Chronic Kidney Disease CKD
• advanced heart failure
• cardiovascular hemodynamics
• cardio-renal
• diuretic therapy
• hyponatremia
• Patient selection
• hypertension
• Pump hemolysis
• Renal replacement therapies
• heart and kidney transplantation

• Director, Nephrology, Solid Organ Transplantation and Advanced Heart Failure Therapies, Advocate Christ Medical Center, University of Illinois, Oak Lawn, USA

  Chaitanya Desai

• Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine University of Illinois, Clinical Director, Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Assistance, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, USA

  William G. Cotts

• Clinical Professor of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, USA

  Edgar V. Lerma

• Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Penn Presbyterian Medical Cente, Perleman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

  Michael R. Rudnick

Chaitanya R. Desai, MD

Director, Nephrology

Solid Organ Transplantation and Advanced Heart Failure Therapies

Kidney, Heart, Lung transplant and HF/VAD programs

Advocate Christ Medical Center

Oak Lawn, Illinois

William G. Cotts, MD, FACC, FACP, FAH

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois

Clinical Director, Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Assistance

Advocate Christ Medical Center

Oak Lawn, Il

Edgar V. Lerma, MD, FACP, FASN, FAHA, FASH, FNLA, FNKF, FASDIN, FPSN (Hon)*

Clinical Professor of Medicine

Section of Nephrology

Associates in Nephrology, SC

Chicago, IL

Michael R. Rudnick, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine

Philadelphia  PA

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